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Madison Is 37th 'Drunkest' Town In N.J., Report Says

Roadsnacks.net has compiled a list of the "drunkest" towns based on the number of available places to buy booze, and using other criteria.

This isn’t a list you’d probably brag about.

But Roadsnacks website, a data compiler that specializes in creating lists that rate communities on how ”snobby” or “redneck” they are, went there, compiling a list that rates the “drunkest” towns in several states - including New Jersey.

Roadsnacks.net, which recently provided a list of N.J. Towns with the highest rate of Ashley Madison ”cheaters,” has compiled a list of the ”drunkest” towns based on the number of available places to buy booze, and by how often people are talking about drinking. The list also includes each town’s divorce rate.

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“Plus, we thought why not add in a stereotype?,” the site says. “Studies have indicated that when one or both partners in a marriage are alcoholics, that couple is three times more likely to divorce.”

Ironically, one of the towns on the list - Ocean City - is considered a “dry town,” meaning that alcoholic beverages aren’t sold at local businesses. Ocean City, however, does attract a number of young people who live in the community, and buy beer and liquor at establishments in nearby towns.

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The study noted that New Jersey ”is right in the middle in the nation in terms of the amount of beer and spirits consumed every year.”

Here is the list:

  1. Atlantic City
  2. Belmar
  3. Morristown
  4. Red Bank
  5. Highlands
  6. Butler
  7. Asbury Park
  8. Wildwood
  9. Hoboken
  10. Hackettstown
  11. Paulsboro
  12. Keyport
  13. Burlington
  14. Newton
  15. Margate
  16. Phillipsburg
  17. Matawan
  18. Gloucester City
  19. East Rutherford
  20. Wharton
  21. Edgewater
  22. Penns Grove
  23. Mount Arlington
  24. Princeton
  25. Kenilworth
  26. Marlton
  27. Clementon
  28. Franklin
  29. Hackensack
  30. Amesburg
  31. Palmyra
  32. Dunellen
  33. Caldwell
  34. Raritan
  35. Lacey Township (Forked River)
  36. Long Branch
  37. Madison
  38. Manasquan
  39. Carlstadt
  40. Hammonton
  41. Dover
  42. Bound Brook
  43. Eatontown
  44. Morris Plains
  45. Freehold
  46. Keansburg
  47. Harrison
  48. Ocean City
  49. Lodi
  50. Hightstown
  51. Berlin
  52. Montvale
  53. Manville
  54. Middlesex
  55. Bogota
  56. Wallington
  57. Absecon
  58. Westwood
  59. Bernardsville
  60. Boonton
  61. Summit
  62. Jersey City
  63. Woodbury
  64. Clifton
  65. Millville
  66. Ramsey
  67. Woodbridge
  68. Pompton Lakes
  69. Northfield
  70. Maywood
  71. Cliffside Park
  72. Paramus
  73. Hasbrouck Heights
  74. Union Beach
  75. Browns Mills
  76. Bayonne
  77. Newark
  78. Milltown
  79. Little Ferry
  80. Guttenberg
  81. Trenton
  82. Rahway
  83. Ventnor
  84. Spotswood
  85. Fort Lee
  86. Linden
  87. Garfield
  88. Chatham
  89. Mendham
  90. Haledon
  91. Lincoln Park
  92. Barrington
  93. New Brunswick
  94. Fanwood
  95. Vineland
  96. North Arlington
  97. Union City
  98. Budd Lake
  99. Elmwood Park

100. Pennsville

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